Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422
Belongs to Pachyrhizodus according to K. Shimada et al. 2006
See also Dixon 1850, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Pachyrhizodus caninus, Pachyrhizodus curvatus, Pachyrhizodus dibleyi, Pachyrhizodus kingi, Pachyrhizodus latimentum, Pachyrhizodus leptognathus, Pachyrhizodus leptopsis, Pachyrhizodus minimus, Pachyrhizodus subulidens, Pachyrhizodus velox
Type specimen: BMNH 49014, a maxilla
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
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